diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
index 7009dc105..07c0a3adf 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ module.exports = {
     fs: 'empty',
     net: 'empty',
     tls: 'empty',
+    child_process: 'empty',
   },
   // Turn off performance hints during development because we don't do any
   // splitting or minification in interest of speed. These warnings become
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
index 9aa1bd93b..9582ee731 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -349,5 +349,6 @@ module.exports = {
     fs: 'empty',
     net: 'empty',
     tls: 'empty',
+    child_process: 'empty',
   },
 };